Edward Christopher Sheeran, MBE (born 17 February 1991) is an English singer-songwriter. In early 2011, Sheeran independently released the extended play, No. 5 Collaborations Project. After signing with Asylum Records, his debut album, + (pronounced "plus"), was released in September 2011. It topped the UK and Australian charts, reached number five in the US, and has since been certified eight-times platinum in the UK.
The album contains the single "The A Team", which earned him the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. In 2012, Sheeran won the Brit Awards for Best British Male Solo Artist and British Breakthrough Act. "The A Team" was nominated for Song of the Year at the 2013 Grammy Awards, where he performed the song with Elton John.
Dua Lipa becomes one of world’s biggest earners – raking in almost £25million
thesun.co.ukBRIT pop star Dua Lipa has become one of the planet’s biggest showbiz earners, having raked in £24.7million. The One Kiss singer, given the opening line in the Children In Need charity single, has seen her wealth double in the past year, up from £11.8million.
She also has £17.3million cash in the bank, up from £8.6million 12 months ago, according to the figures of Dua Lipa Live LLP, filed with Companies House.
An industry source said of the 24-year-old: “Dua has quietly gone about her business, and is now one of pop’s most successful performers. “The latest accounts show she could be heading towards the same earnings bracket as Ed Sheeran. “Given she is five years younger, the world really is her oyster.
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